Convict name: Towers, James.
name_alias_1: Shelmerdine (Alias)
name_alias_2: Sheldon (Alias)
sentence_details:
Convicted at Chester Quarter Sessions for a term of 14 years on 02 January 1839.
vessel: Barossa
date_of_departure: 31 July 1839.
place_of_arrival: New South Wales.
source:
Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 75 (39)
title:
James Towers, one of 336 convicts transported on the Barrosa, 31 July 1839.
publication_details:
Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990]
original_version_note:
This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP).
topical_subject_heading: Convicts--Australia--Registers.
neographic_subject_heading: Australia--Genealogy.
: australia-genealogy
Connected with Towers, James.
Andrews, Samuel.
Convicted at Durham Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 16 October 1838. Died in Van Diemen's Land 25 August 1839.
Transported by Marquis of Hastings (16 March 1839.).
Barnett, William.
Convicted at Stafford Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 02 January 1844.
Transported by Barossa (09 May 1844.).
Bowerman, George.
Convicted at Oxfordshire Assizes for a term of life on 27 February 1841.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).
Corbett, James.
Convicted at Montgomery Assizes for a term of 10 years on 14 July 1838.
Transported by Woodbridge (10 October 1839.).
Coyle, James.
Convicted at Glasgow Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 25 September 1838.
Transported by Egyptian (05 April 1839.).
Drury, Charles.
Convicted at Sussex Quarter Sessions for a term of 15 years on 21 February 1838.
Transported by Marquis of Hastings (16 March 1839.).
Dunn, Robert.
Convicted at Norfolk, Norwich Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 01 January 1839.
Transported by Parkfield (12 May 1839.).
Francis, John.
Convicted at Lancaster, Preston General Sessions for a term of 15 years on 30 November 1843.
Transported by Barossa (09 May 1844.).
Hofield, Joseph.
Convicted at Nottingham Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 01 July 1839.
Transported by Runnymede (11 November 1839.).
Jefferson, Charles.
Convicted at York (West Riding) Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 07 January 1839. Died Van Diemen's Land 13 September 1839.
Transported by Egyptian (05 April 1839.).
Knight, James.
Convicted at Stafford Assizes for a term of 15 years on 14 July 1838.
Transported by Parkfield (12 May 1839.).
Liversedge, William.
Convicted at York Assizes for a term of life on 09 March 1839.
Transported by Barossa (31 July 1839.).
McGurk, James.
Convicted at Glasgow Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 12 January 1838.
Transported by Parkfield (12 May 1839.).
Noble, James.
Convicted at Norfolk Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 03 July 1839.
Transported by Mangles (21 November 1839.).
Rooney, James.
Convicted at Liverpool Borough Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 10 May 1841.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).
Sutton, William.
Convicted at Kent Assizes for a term of life on 06 August 1838.
Transported by Woodbridge (10 October 1839.).
Tait, Alexander.
Convicted at Edinburgh Court of Justiciary for a term of 14 years on 26 November 1838. Died Van Diemen's Land 5 September 1839.
Transported by Marquis of Hastings (16 March 1839.).
Wood, Frederick.
Convicted at Maidstone, Kent Quarter Sessions for a term of 15 years on 15 March 1841.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).
